A top quality vest can be built with 4 oz. full grain moccasin cowhide leather. This braided leather construction also ensures that - those braided edges add lots of strength. I've built 100's of them - there are 55+ examples of them on my leather vests home page.

This vest has braided seams, edges, front and back yokes, and hip pockets. It also has the inside 'panel pockets' and a 'draft flap' on the back/bottom (like shown in the pictures) and four sets of snap closures.